Max crafted gear, by design, has better base stats, decent traits, a few good possible sets, and you can make it look like you want.

Max looted gear has only slightly lower base stats, decent traits, a lot of really great sets, and can even come in unique looks.


I very much doubt ESO knows what it's doing with the VR content. They keep raising the max rank, maybe afraid that players without a means of progression will become bored or stagnant. But they also provide little benefit to each VR rank, and no focus overall.

For players like myself, who aren't worried about being max, there's little incentive to keep leveling. For players who DO focus on being max rank, they may find themselves frustrated if every 4-6 weeks their hard work is in vain. How long with they chase that not-too-good carrot?



I do support adding unique crafting stations in veteran dungeons and/or veteran zones, providing bonuses outside the standard fare. I also support unique trait stone or enchantment stone drops off of veteran bosses, which would allow players to customize their gear with unique bonuses or effects. A 'flame sheath' trait which also lights the armor on fire, etc.

I do not support doing what so many other games do, and pushing crafting to enhancements only while all gear is focused through an artificial gear grind.

Phantax wrote: »

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This would of course also require zos to stop increasing max VR for a while and develop more horizontal content.

I don't like the idea of ZOS halting content in favour or horizontal content addition. IF they could somehow do both at the same time (and that's not that difficult) then they would have the perfect solution. Best of everything for everybody !

Just to be clear, what i mean by horizontal content addition is stuff like additional, progressively harder raid dungeons whith increasingly better drops, just without having to level again.